Clare M. Lopez

Clare M. Lopez is Senior intelligence analyst at Hawkeye Systems and Executive Director of the Iran Policy Committee.

A biographical note on the Intelcon website states, "An intelligence professional for 25 years, Ms. Lopez began her career as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in postings around the world. Since 2000, Ms. Lopez has worked as an intelligence analyst in the private sector, with a focus on counterterrorism issues. She produced Threat Analysis for US Embassies abroad with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security at the Department of State and most recently has worked on contracts with DARPA, ONI, and a number of commercial clients with HawkEye Systems, a high tech strategic management and technology consulting firm in Alexandria, Virginia.

"Ms. Lopez received her M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and holds a B.A. in Communications and French from Notre Dame College of Ohio. She is a Visiting Researcher and occasional guest lecturer at Georgetown University and currently is collaborating as a co-author on the writing of two forthcoming books dealing with U.S. Foreign Policy and Terrorism and Proliferation."

"Clare Lopez is a strategic policy and intelligence expert with a focus on Middle East, homeland security, and counterterrorism issues. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy."

IPC biography
The Iran Policy Committee lists Lopez as follows:
 * Clare M. Lopez, Executive Director, IPCis a strategic policy and intelligence analyst with a focus on Middle East, homeland security, national defense, and counterterrorism issues. Based for the last five years in the private sector environment of the Washington metro area, Lopez began her career as an operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), serving domestically and abroad for 20 years in a variety of assignments. Lopez served as a Senior Intelligence Analyst, Subject Matter Expert, and Program Manager for the Alexandria, VA firm, HawkEye Systems, LLC. Lopez previously produced Technical Threat Assessments for U.S. Embassies at the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, where she worked as a Senior Intelligence Analyst for Chugach Systems Integration. During Lopez's CIA career, she served under diplomatic cover in various postings around the world, acquiring extensive regional expertise with a career focus on the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. She has served in or visited over two dozen nations worldwide and speaks several languages, including Spanish, Bulgarian, French, German, and Russian. Lopez began a study of Arabic in 2003 at the Department of Agriculture Graduate School before transferring to the Middle East Institute (MEI) in downtown Washington.
 * Lopez received a B.A. in Communications and French from Notre Dame College of Ohio and an M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She completed Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia before declining a commission in order to join the CIA. Lopez is a Visiting Researcher and an occasional guest lecturer on counterterrorism, national defense, and international relations at Georgetown University. Lopez is a member of the International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP), Women in International Security (WIIS) and the Middle East Institute (MEI).

Affiliations (alpha order)

 * Central Intelligence Agency
 * Clarion Fund – Advisory Board
 * Hawkeye Systems
 * Iran Policy Committee
 * Middle East Institute
 * The Intelligence Summit 2007